Cinematography: Gordon Willis
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Gordon Willis. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Godfather
1972 · Movie · 175 min. · United States
Direction Francis Ford Coppola
Cast Marlon Brando · Al Pacino · James Caan · Robert Duvall
Plot Epic tale of a 1940s New York Mafia family and their struggle to protect their empire from rival families as the leadership switches from the father (Marlon Brando) to his...
9.0
171K votes
9.0
171K votes
The Godfather: Part II
1974 · Movie · 200 min. · United States
Direction Francis Ford Coppola
Cast Al Pacino · Robert De Niro · Diane Keaton · Robert Duvall
Plot Continuing saga of the Corleone family as they move to Nevada and make the casino business their major income source under the leadership of the increasingly paranoid and malevolent Michael,...
8.9
136K votes
8.9
136K votes
Manhattan
1979 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Woody Allen · Diane Keaton · Mariel Hemingway · Michael Murphy
Plot Isaac’s sentimental life isn’t perfect. His ex-wife is writing a book revealing the couple’s intimacies. Although he’s dating Tracy, a student much younger than himself, he has started to really...
8.1
53K votes
8.1
53K votes
Annie Hall
1977 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Woody Allen · Diane Keaton · Tony Roberts · Carol Kane
Plot Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), a neurotic comedian from New York, falls in love with Annie (Diane Keaton). The movie explores the ups and downs of modern relationships.
8.0
71K votes
8.0
71K votes
The Godfather: Part III
1990 · Movie · 163 min. · United States
Direction Francis Ford Coppola
Cast Al Pacino · Diane Keaton · Talia Shire · Andy García
Plot In the final installment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept...
7.8
73K votes
7.8
73K votes
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Mia Farrow · Jeff Daniels · Danny Aiello · Dianne Wiest
Plot It’s the Depression and Cecilia works herself into the ground as a waitress in New Jersey while her husband does nothing. Her only outlet is the cinema, to which she...
7.6
28K votes
7.6
28K votes
Zelig
1983 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · Gale Hansen · Stephanie Farrow
Plot Mock documentary on the figure of Leonard Zelig, a chameleon of a man who astounded the American society of the “jazz era”. His story starts the day he tells a...
7.6
17K votes
7.6
17K votes
Broadway Danny Rose
1984 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · Nick Apollo Forte · Sandy Baron
Plot In a Broadway restaurant a group of comedians exchange old stories about the world of showbiz. As the conversation progresses, they recall Danny Rose, an agent who took on some...
7.4
9K votes
7.4
9K votes
All the President's Men
1976 · Movie · 136 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Robert Redford · Dustin Hoffman · Jason Robards · Martin Balsam
Plot In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to...
7.2
12K votes
7.2
12K votes
Interiors
1978 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Diane Keaton · Mary Beth Hurt · Geraldine Page · E.G. Marshall
Plot Eve, whose husband Arthur has walked out on her, joins her three daughters to try and deal with the situation. Although she’s having a hard time, her daughters have their...
7.2
7K votes
7.2
7K votes
Pennies From Heaven
1981 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Ross
Cast Steve Martin · Christopher Walken · Bernadette Peters · Jessica Harper
Plot In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products, but it's not easy to convince unwilling music store owners to buy them. Although...
6.9
858 votes
6.9
858 votes
Stardust Memories
1980 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Woody Allen · Charlotte Rampling · Jessica Harper · Marie-Christine Barrault
Plot A movie director specializing in comedies, Sandy Bates attends a retrospective on his work in a coastal hotel. While everyone around him wants to meet him and shower praise upon...
6.8
5K votes
6.8
5K votes
Presumed Innocent
1990 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Harrison Ford · Greta Scacchi · Bonnie Bedelia · Brian Dennehy
Plot When a female D.A. is killed, the D.A. assigns his assistant to handle the investigation. Only problem is that he was having an affair with her. And the evidence reveals...
6.7
20K votes
6.7
20K votes
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Woody Allen
Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · José Ferrer · Julie Hagerty
Plot Early 20th century. Three couples meet for a weekend in the country: an inventor who has created a “spirit-catching ball” and his wife, who has sex problems; a rationalist and...
6.6
8K votes
6.6
8K votes
Klute
1971 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Jane Fonda · Donald Sutherland · Roy Scheider · Charles Cioffi
Plot A small-town private eye (Donald Sutherland) searching for a missing husband in New York befriends a high-end call girl (Jane Fonda) who's threatened by a sadistic killer in this character-driven...
6.5
2K votes
6.5
2K votes
Little Murders
1971 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Alan Arkin
Cast Elliott Gould · Lou Jacobi · Donald Sutherland · Alan Arkin
Plot In this black comedy, Alfred Chamberlain (Elliott Gould) is an impassive photographer engaged to Patsy Newquist (Marcia Rodd), an outgoing optimist -- and the one person capable of making him...
6.4
101 votes
6.4
101 votes
The Drowning Pool
1975 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Rosenberg
Cast Paul Newman · Anthony Franciosa · Joanne Woodward · Richard Jaeckel
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
The Parallax View
1974 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Warren Beatty · Hume Cronyn · William Daniels · Paula Prentiss
Plot A reporter uncovers the deadly conspiracy behind a political assassination.
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
The Paper Chase
1973 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction James Bridges
Cast Timothy Bottoms · Lindsay Wagner · John Houseman · Graham Beckel
Plot "You have to choose between the girl you love and the diploma you've worked for all your life. You have 30 seconds".. Hart is a confused first year law student...
6.3
261 votes
6.3
261 votes
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Jane Fonda · Jason Robards · James Caan · Richard Farnsworth
Plot Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank...
6.2
542 votes
6.2
542 votes